Vodafone News

Vodafone is being accused of letting repressive regimes hijack its network during the Arab Spring, indicating the increasingly precarious positions operators and other infrastructure providers occupy as mobile technology becomes a tool of social change.

Apple put the finishing touches on its iCloud streaming music service, which is expected to be unveiled on Monday, while the U.S. military introduced efforts to fight digital cyberwars in the digital era.

Vodafone is introducing cell phone charging stations to be used at concerts, allowing people to take photos and update their Facebooks without the threat of killing their smartphone batteries.

British telecom giant Vodafone now allows its customers to pay for taxi rides by text message, a service that builds on the increasing popularity of new text-and-go payment methods.

Mobile carrier Vodafone has said that Egyptian authorities used its network to send pro-government text messages, even as the country's communications infrastructure was largely shut down to prevent protesters from organizing.

Egypt has ordered the shutdown of mobile networks in "select areas," in an effort to quell widespread protests against the government.

Luxury brand Swarovski is collaborating with Vodafone to launch a handset embedded with 126 precision-cut crystals.

Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone group by sales, plans to sell music without any anti-piracy protection to allow users to listen to songs on any digital device.

Google's bid to dominate the mobile phone operating software market got a boost today when Taiwanese handset maker HTC unveiled the third phone based on the Internet search giant's technology.

Sony Ericsson today announces its W715 for Vodafone, a GPS-enabled music phone with turn-by-turn pedestrian or driving navigation.